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Saturday, June 17, 2017

Surprise Baby Quilt

DH forgot to tell me one of his co-workers was expecting... He forgot for about nine months. The surprise was on me when he mentioned the birth. Fortunately one last log cabin top remained.

It only took a couple of days to quilt and bind this charmer. The larger light areas occur because some of the log cabins are entirely light fabrics rather than half light/half dark.

Log Cabin baby quilt

Given all the tiny pieces and the fact that baby quilts must be washed frequently, each log is secured by quilting. I alternated groups of straight line with wavy lines. {It's a multistitch zig zag choice on my machine.}

Quilting and binding on Log Cabin baby quilt

The green insert was needed to complete the back. It's bound, separately, with the same seahorse fabric as the back.

Quilt Details

Size: 44" x 44"

Design: Log Cabin variation

Batting: Mountain Mist Cream Rose 100% cotton

Thread: Guterman grey cotton

Quilting: Straight and zig-zag lines with walking foot

DH and I went to see Hamilton for our anniversary.

Orpheum Theater in San Francisco

Wonderful show with excellent cast. The stage was this single set throughout with the cast moving additional items in and out as needed. The curtains never rose or fell.

How wonderful that you had a top all ready to go. And you can't go wrong with Log Cabin! Do you often quilt with Cream Rose. I used to use it for hand quilting, and just tried it for the first time with my machine. She wasn't fond of it--sounded like a hammer on nails the whole time. But I do love the weight and scrunchiness of the quilt. Beautiful pictures of your anniversary outing! Congrats!

When I started Mountain Mist was the only all cotton batt and the lightest weight. They don't make the original brand any more but I stillPrefer this very lightweight batt. Not like I really need warmth here. The other batt I use is Hobbs 70/20. Mainly for t-short quilts. I haven't noticed a different sound.

Love this little quilt. Too bad it's your last one. I guess this means you'll need to get to work on more. (Sorry about that bad news.) I love the light/dark and the setting is striking. It looks fantastic!

Thanks for a memory from the distant past. I went to the Orpheum once on a date in 1963. SF Has changed so much since then, but that has not. I have so many memories of 17 years living on the Peninsula.

It probably was a lot of work but since those blocks were a leader/ended project I never noticed how long it took.This was a special anniversary; we had a marvelous time. You have many more historic places where you live, I'm sure.

So fun to go to that theatre: I got to see the Phantom of the Opera there quite a few years ago: stunning! Your log cabin quilt is quite amazing; so many small logs!!! I don't know if I could give such a time consuming quilt away!! :-) And where do you live, that you could make it to SF? I'm up in Healdsburg. Hugs, H

What a pretty quilt! It is good to have at least a couple of tops around for those emergency quilts! When I have no pressing projects I try to whip up baby quilts just so I have a just in case stash of finished quilts. That stash has come in handy more than one time.

A belated happy anniversary! Sounds like you had a great time. I too like the setting here - it may just be a way of dealing with the all-light blocks but it looks intentional and effective, so nice job!